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Dota 2 Spring Championship

Information
Game
Dota 2
Platform
Steam
Day
Sunday
Time
19:00
Format

Week 1-3 Qualification 

Week 4-7 Playoffs and Swiss

Week 8 Finals

Location

Online

Standings
Summary

Signups Are now close to check in and view fixtures please visit https://tournaments.nse.gg/



Dota 2 NSE Spring Championship is split into 2 main stages: Stage 1 Qualification (Weeks 1-3) and Stage 2 Swiss/Playoffs (Weeks 4-7)

Stage 1

In Stage 1 teams will be initially seeded into 3 skill groups. In the first round teams will play another team in the same skill group and in the following rounds be matched versus teams with a similar record in the tournament.

Stage 2

In Stage 2 the top 16 teams will start in the Championship bracket (a double elimination bracket) and everyone else will continue playing in a Swiss tournament starting with points based on their finish in stage 1. Teams who do well in the Swiss can qualify for the Challenger bracket or Division 3.

 

Prizes

1st - £500 

2nd - £300 

3rd - £200 

Link to Full Rules

RULES SUMMARY

  • All players must be current students from the same university. 
  • All games will be played using the following settings:
    • GAME MODE - Captains Mode
    • SERVER LOCATION - Luxembourg
    • SELECTION PRIORITY - Automatic
    • STARTING TEAM - Random
    • PENALTY-RADIANT - No penalty
    • PENALTY-DIRE - No penalty
    • ENABLE CHEAT - No
    • FILL EMPTY SLOTS WITH BOTS - No
    • SPECTATORS - Enabled
    • DOTA TV DELAY - 5 minutes
  • Teams must have at least 5 players. Teams may add/remove players from team between weeks.
  • If teams are more than 20 minutes late they will forfeit a match.
  • Check-in deadline is 6:30pm. Teams who don't check-in will not get games for that evening.
  • Offensive Steam Profile and Team names are not allowed.
  • Verbal abuse is not allowed. In particular any use of racist, sexist, homophobic or any other discriminatory language will lead to a minimum 3-week suspension.
  • Teams may have a coach in comms but they are not allowed to live spectate using coach slot.

All decisions regarding the interpretation and enforcement of these rules is at the sole discretion of the NSE Admin Team, whose decisions are final. 

These rules may be amended, changed or supplemented when required by the NSE Admin Team to ensure fair play and competitive integrity.

Signups Close 12th February.

Dates Tournament Stage
14th Feb Qualification
21st Feb Qualification
28th Feb Qualification
7th Mar

Week 1 Playoff Brackets
Week 1 Swiss

14th Mar

Week 2 Playoff Brackets
Week 2 Swiss

21st Mar

Week 3 Playoff Brackets
Week 3 Swiss

28th Mar

Week 4 Playoff Brackets
Week 4 Swiss

9-11th Apr (Provisional) Grand Finals 

All games, with the exception of the Grand Finals, will be played on Sunday evening and cannot be rearranged. Games will have a normal start time of 7.15pm, however teams in the lower bracket of the Championship Bracket may be expected to start early (4:30pm) on the 21st of March and the 28th of March in order to play an extra match as required.  

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